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    The government's new prostitution strategy: a cheap fix for drug-using sex workers?

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    Authors
    Melrose, Margaret
    Issue Date
    2007
    Subjects
    anti-social behaviour
    vulnerability
    sex work
    prostitution
    
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    Abstract
    This article considers the recommendations to the government's public consultation exercise for drug-using sex workers (Home Office, 2004). It argues that the ‘problem’ of drug use by sex workers cannot be separated from wider social problems experienced by this group, especially the problem of poverty. It suggests that the new prostitution strategy conflates drug use and sex work, reducing involvement in the latter to a problem of the former. Thus, other social problems experienced by these women, particularly the problems of poverty and social exclusion, are side-stepped. By so doing, the government absolves itself of responsibility to tackle the underlying conditions that drive women and young people into prostitution and problematic drug use, leading me to argue that the new strategy offers a ‘cheap fix’ for drug-using sex workers.
    Citation
    Melrose, Margaret (2007) 'The government's new prostitution strategy: A cheap fix for drug-using sex workers?', Safer Communities, 6(1)pp.18 - 26.
    Publisher
    Emerald Group Publishing Limited
    Journal
    Safer Communities
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10547/300062
    DOI
    10.1108/17578043200700004
    Additional Links
    http://www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/17578043200700004
    Type
    Article
    Language
    en
    ISSN
    1757-8043
    ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
    10.1108/17578043200700004
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